Funding Advice Team

The Funding Advice Team is on hand to assist community groups and voluntary organisations in Reading to find potential external funding opportunities e.g.National Lottery, Charitable Trusts, local funders and others, for new projects.

Article		Description
	Funding Service - What We Offer	We can help you with your funding problems
	Before You Apply…	Things to consider when you are looking for funding
	GRANTnet	Free to use funding search tool for not-for-profit groups and organisations in Reading
	Small Grants Seminars for Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations	Awareness event to discuss the small grants programmes from the four main National Lottery Fund distributors together with some alternatives from local funders
	Tips for… Charity Funding	Who gives grants in the charitable sector?
	Tips for… Community Fundraising Events	Ideas about how to raise support for you organisation from events in the community.
	Tips for… Company Sponsorship	Information to help you make your case when applying for sponsorship from businesses
	Tips for… Earned Income in the Voluntary and Community Sector	Alternative ways of making money by trading or by contracts
	Tips for… Fundraising for Faith Buildings for Community Use	Faith groups are ideally placed to host a wide variety of community projects in their own buildings. Check out this page to read about sources of support, financial and otherwise, that may be appropriate to these groups for the physical alteration and modification of faith buildings to ensure they can continue to deliver their public services.
	Tips for… Fundraising for Sport and Physical Activity	Sport Reading Development Team help and guidance for funding for sport and physical activity in Reading
	Tips for… Fundraising from Individuals	Developing funding support for your organisation from individuals
	Tips for… Fundraising from the National Lottery	Further details on what funding is available from the National Lottery
	Tips for… Loans to Voluntary and Community Organisations	Have you thought of using loan funding to increase your ‘funding mix’ rather than relying solely on grants and donations or do you need urgent top-up funding, for example, to progress your plans for a capital project.
	Tips for… Monitoring and Evaluation of Funded Projects	Explanation of the terms Monitoring and Evaluation for Charitable Projects and Activities
	Tips for… Surviving in the Credit Crunch for Charitable Organisations	Is there anything your organisation can do to control its income during the economic downturn?
	Tips for… Writing Your Fundraising Strategy	Sources of help to develop and write a Fundraising Strategy for your organisation and projects.